Monitor-Session - Cisco ASR 9000 Series Command Reference Manual

Traffic Mirroring Commands on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router

monitor-session

To define a traffic mirroring session and enter monitor session configuration mode, use the monitor-session
command in global configuration mode. To remove the traffic mirroring session, use the no form of this
command.
monitor-session session-name
no monitor-session session-name
Syntax Description
session-name
Command Default
No default behavior or values
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Release
Release 3.9.1
Usage Guidelines
Before you can assign a monitor session to a specific interface, you must configure it using the monitor-session
command. The session-name should not be the same as any interface name.
In monitor session configuration mode, you should define the destination interface to be used in the traffic
mirroring session using the destination command.
For more information about monitoring a session, see Configuring Traffic Monitoring chapter in Cisco ASR
9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Interface and Hardware Component Configuration Guide.
Examples This example shows how to enter monitor session configuration mode:
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config)# monitor-session mon1
RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:router(config-mon)#
Related Commands
Command
destination interface, on page 1078
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router Interface and Hardware Component Command Reference,
Name of the monitor session to configure.
Modification
This command was introduced.
Description
Associates a destination interface with a traffic mirroring
session.
monitor-session
Release 5.3.x
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